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GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs GeForce RTX 3070

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Key Differences

  • GeForce RTX 3070 has more CUDA Cores (5888 vs 3584).
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has more Memory size (11 GB vs 8 GB).
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has more Memory bandwidth (484.4 GB/s vs 448 GB/s).
  • Boost clock: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has 1,582 MHz; GeForce RTX 3070 has 1,725 MHz.
  • TDP / TBP / board power: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has 250 W; GeForce RTX 3070 has 220 W.
  • Architecture: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has Pascal; GeForce RTX 3070 has Ampere.
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Muted cells indicate unavailable, not applicable, or not directly comparable specifications.
Spec GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GeForce RTX 3070
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Architecture Pascal Ampere
Generation / family GeForce GTX 10 Series GeForce RTX 30 Series
GPU codename GP102 GA104
Launch date 2017-03-10 2020-09-01
Market segment Desktop, Flagship in GeForce GTX 10 Series Desktop in GeForce RTX 30 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 16 nm Samsung 8 nm
Die size 471 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 11.8 billion 17.4 billion
GPU chip GP102 GA104
SM / multiprocessor count 28 46
CUDA Cores 3584 5888
Tensor Cores Unknown 184
RT Cores Unknown 46
ROPs 88 96
TMUs 224 184
Clocks
Base / Core clock 1,481 MHz 1,500 MHz
Boost clock 1,582 MHz 1,725 MHz
Memory clock 1,376 MHz 1,750 MHz
Memory
Memory size 11 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR5X GDDR6
Memory bus width 352-bit 256-bit
Memory bandwidth 484.4 GB/s 448 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 250 W 220 W
Recommended PSU 600 W 550 W
Power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 12-pin
Slot width Dual-slot, 267 mm length, 40 mm width Dual-slot, 242 mm length
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.1 DirectX 12.2
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4 Vulkan 1.4
CUDA support 6.1 8.6
Shader Model 6.8 6.8
Ray tracing support Unknown Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 11.34 TFLOPS 20.31 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 0.18 TFLOPS 20.31 TFLOPS

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